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Online Chess25 ( +1 | -1 )Fri, 26 Jan 2018If your losing badly you should resign! It is out of respect to your opponent that if your badly losing you resign. I'm currently playing this person on gk i have 2 rooks bishop 5 pawns and king vs (he has) bishop 3 pawns and king. His position is not good his pawns are not close to advancing, he has no chance of winning so why does he play on? It is a simple win so for all those who get such positions it is the right thing to do resign! this is… More: chess online

Chess Moves64 ( +1 | -1 )Wed, 24 Jan 2018Chess talent How do you know if you are naturally gifted at the game? Is there any real way to determine if you are going to become a GM or something? Imo There is one very good way to tell if one will Not become a GM. That is if they try to make it unassisted, without a trainer that has dealt with players of such calibre. Someone serious about international Chess needs to seek out an individual who has made a GM already and pay the price. I have… More: backgammon online

Chess Rules103 ( +1 | -1 )Sun, 21 Jan 2018What is NOT FUN about Chess ...?? Getting hit in the head with his King ... Losing that first pawn from your set ... Very short, melted Drueke pieces in your car window ... Your ex-wife, GradeSchoolChamp, will never play you again after the first game :( Deciding who is World Champion !?!?! Time-forfeiting Your In The Money, and its 8 way tie for 3rd place Tie-Breakers for a trophy Making Class-B . . . from Master }8-( Oriental Stick Dancing… More: online chess

Play Chess142 ( +1 | -1 )Fri, 19 Jan 2018Bobby Fisher Dead He died in Iceland at the age of 64 the BBC is reporting. I believe Bobby Fischer died on Thursday but the news is only being released today. He will leave a lasting legacy of brilliancies behind him and can be rightly proud that millions of new players were attracted into Chess due to his exploits over the chessboard. A BBC report of Jan 18, 2008 It actually says 12 minutes ago, on the release, but that must mean from time of… More: backgammon online

Chess181 ( +1 | -1 )Tue, 16 Jan 2018ForumFunGame #5 OpeningVote Looks like WT won#4. This one I'd like to make several changes. First, to put in the first move or so, to start from. And decide which by a PopularityPoll. So there will be three days from now, to post your vote as to which opening choice you'd rather participate in, of these: (A)1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 (B)1.e4 d5 3.exd5 (C)1.b4 {for this,also indicate color preferred, to be sure enough players for both} ****** So please cast… More: chess history

Play Chess Against The Computer220 ( +1 | -1 )Fri, 12 Jan 2018CHESS TUTOR WANTED I need a chess tutor, but since I am not a paying member I cannot join the chess club which has loads of tutors... My rating is around 1500 but I cannot seem to improve no matter how many games I play nor how many books I read. Please contact me if you think you could tutor me. Thanks. How much are you willing to pay? As you are asking someone to assist you, I assume you will pay? I used a tudor a few years ago and paid him… More: correspondence chess

Chess Tactics259 ( +1 | -1 )Mon, 8 Jan 2018Best books to have? Which type of chess books is better to have? 1) A book on opening strategy? 2) A book on opening lines? 3) A book on general strategy? 4) A book on tactics? 5) A book on the middlegame? 6) A book on the endgame? 7) A book on a specific opening? Any and all suggestions are solicited! Regards, ThroneSeeker I should imagine books no.3 and no.4 are the best, since you should aim to improve your all round game rather than focus play chess online…

Ultimate Chess298 ( +1 | -1 )Thu, 4 Jan 2018Brunetti vs. The Bunch Brunetti - The Bunch Sicilian B20 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 This is an ongoing game, 18 moves so far. brunetti plays against the rest. We vote for the best move to play. I have put a "replay" of this game on my chess site. You also find link to this game, in the gameinfo. 213.100.118.115:7000/mattachess Come on! Let's beat him up .... :D mattafort PS. We could use this thread to play chess online…

Free Chess Games337 ( +1 | -1 )Sat, 30 Dec 2017Become a blitzy-killer; tips plz! Hi. I just spent a whole bunch of time watching blitz games at another site. And have some advice if one wants to be a blitz-killa ... per the errors made. Of course I always like to GET tips even more! so PLZ! From the time tonight ... I watched a whole bunch of games should have gone differently. It seems one should A)See the Mate in Twos! Especially when they become Mate-in-ones!! :) B) Know your endings, play chess online…

Chess Online376 ( +1 | -1 )Sun, 24 Dec 2017HELP Message: Hi Friends: What is the better line after of: 1.d4, Nf3 2.c4,e6 3.Nc3,d5 4.Bg5, Be7 5.Nf3, Nbd7 6.e3, 0-0 7.Rc1,c6 8.Qc2,h6 9.Bh4,Re810.cxd5, exd511.Bd3 So long answer.. 11...Bd6 or 11...Nb6. Either way white is looking to either check your king with his bishop or castle. pauL Come on now... Obviously White is not going to check the Black king with his Bishop because he would lose it to Nxh7. Both White and Black are playing play chess online…

Chess Game Online415 ( +1 | -1 )Tue, 19 Dec 2017Chess Freeware 15-player Grob showdown;S.Rnd-Robin Under the heading of Strange-But-True ...perhaps?! Is the following method of killing time till SuperBowl kick-off ! Get together 15 of your Best Friends among free Chess playing programs and have them conduct a 120 game Single Round Robin tournament to explore their relative strengths as well as your favorite line of the Grob Opening!? #################################################### -> play chess online…

Chess Game454 ( +1 | -1 )Wed, 13 Dec 2017Best opening ? I would like some input about the 'best' openings in chess. I play most of my games from black so my white opening repertoire is lacking. I'd like to specialize/study one or two of the most effective openings but don't have time to search through the countless variations and books dedicated to promoting them. Thanks Silver bullet Sorry there isn't one, as white you make the first move but the other guy makes the second etc. There play chess online…

Chess Games493 ( +1 | -1 )Wed, 6 Dec 2017Rap/Hip-Hop Battle v_glorioso12 vs. triangulator This is a battle that will be settled between me, v_glorioso12 ,and triangulator . The other forum can be found here gameknot.com/fmsg/chess1/2392.shtml . We will each be playing 2 games as white and black against each other. Game 1 [Event "Rap/Hip-Hop Battle"] [Site "GameKnot Forum"] [Date "2002.12.16"] [White "v_glorioso12"] [Black "triangulator"] [WhiteElo "1689"] [BlackElo "1853"] 1.Nf3 2. play chess online…

Chess Tactics Server532 ( +1 | -1 )Wed, 29 Nov 2017What is in your Chess Library I am starting an in depth study of the game and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on books to have on the shelf? I have Silmans "Amatuers Mind", and that silly Fischer book? Other than that I have a book on Chess Traps that is doing me no good at all. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Suggestion... I think Standard Chess Openings would be a good opening book to start with (by Eric Schiller)... play chess online…

Game Chess571 ( +1 | -1 )Wed, 22 Nov 2017When to fianchetto? I don't understand the concept of the fianchetto very well. It requires an extra move to set up (i.e., advancing the knight's pawn). It leaves holes. If the fianchettoed bishop takes a piece, it needs to go back to its hiding place, which requires yet another loss of tempo. And it's hard to protect the bishop from the opponent's bishop, if he threatens to exchange. Somewhere I read that you should only fianchetto when your play chess online…